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Straight From the Barrel: A Pocket Full of Rye Whiskey
How many slugs -- of the meaty-fisted,.45-caliber or rye-whiskey variety -- can one man take? That was the question that got me here. A few years ago, I was rereading Raymond …
Straight Form the Barrel: A Pocketful of Rye, Page Two
I soon found that I was not at all alone in my ignorance. The drink is generally either unknown or dolefully misunderstood. Though rye was this country's first whiskey and for …
Raising Cane
Another perfect day is wrapping up in paradise. A farmer is leading his horses to the seashore for a sunset dip after a sweaty day's work. A fisherman tosses his gear into the …
The Manhattan Project
Einstein had his theory of relativity: E=MC 2. So have devotees of what may be the most explosive of cocktails -- the Manhattan: three parts rye to one part vermouth. Except that …
American Pinot Noir
"My father grew hops here in the Russian River Valley," says the 65-year-old owner of Rochioli Vineyards. Indeed, an elegant stone-faced hop kiln, easily identifiable by its …
Bourbon Hospitality
The Yankee is smoking a cigar on a park bench in the middle of Bardstown, Kentucky, when a Jaguar sedan pulls up and out pops a mere slip of a Southern belle in sneakers, who …
California's New Stars
Not far from Southern California's Ventura Freeway, hard by the rusting remnants of uncountable cars and trucks (and miles from the nearest vineyard), restaurateur Manfred Krankl …
Singular Sensation
These generous whiskies, with their individual flavours, do recall the world of hills and glens, of raging elements, of shelter, of divine ease. The perfect moment for their …
Cognac's Cocktail Comeback
Though Purists May Shudder, France's Premier Brandy Mixes with the Cocktail Crowd